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Re:Two Huge Companies Betting On Firefox OS by schmichael on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @04:38PM (#7026896)
> Despite its many benefits, there still just isn’t a whole lot of excitement for the Firefox OS.

What are its benefits other than not being controlled by Apple, Google, or Microsoft?

The only benefit the author cites is HTML5 apps which can be built for any OS using a variety of different platforms.

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Re:Two Huge Companies Betting On Firefox OS by wahnfrieden on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @04:45PM (#7026952)
You can't really use HTML5 and feel like a native app on iOS at least.
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